Upcoming Events
The Seedex opens for ordering at noon Sunday December 1!
Members have received links to the Seedex listings in an email sent November 29.
The public may access the Seed list and ordering instructions here.
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December In-Person and Zoom meeting featuring
Laura Caddy presenting The Lonbrunner Alpine Garden at UBC Botanical Garden
Sunday 8 December 2024, 01:00pm - 04:00pm
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Member's Showcase: Adventures in Boulevard Gardening – Gail Bebee
In my ongoing campaign to explore environmentally superior lawn alternatives, I am trialing various candidate plants to occupy the “hell strip” between the sidewalk and the street in front of our house. I’ll discuss the success of phase 1 which began two years ago with various grasses, low-growing juniper, lavender, ground covers etc. I will also provide an overview of phase 2 which began this summer with a boulevard patch of 15 grasses and sedges and rushes.
Gail’s Bio:
Gail Bebee has many years of hands on experience growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees and shrubs in her own garden in Toronto. Her academic background (undergrad in biology, masters in environmental engineering) and past experience as a plant taxonomy technician compliment her practical gardening knowledge.
In 2020, Gail graduated as a certified Master Gardener in Ontario.
Gail is an enthusiastic and experienced presenter who is keen to share her passion for gardening.
Please see below for an invitation to present a Member's Showcase.
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Zoom meeting check-in and in person social begins at 1:00. Our meeting location is at the Toronto Botanical Garden. All members will receive an invitation by email to join the Zoom meeting. A reminder will be sent the day before.
ORG&HPS features members’ 20 minute presentations at most meetings in the Members Showcase. In this part of our monthly meetings we would like to hear about your insights and experiences from your garden or gardens you have visited. It can be on a wide range of horticultural subjects, from the local flora that hold a fascination for you, to the exotic.
• Perhaps you have experience with native plants? Or starting seeds, or bulbs, spring or fall, or everything in between? Have you been taking pictures of your garden over the summer and are interested showing these gardening highlights at our meetings?
• Many of our members have visited noteworthy gardens, remote locations to see special plants, or attended horticultural events.
All of these, and more, would be fine presentations to ORG&HPS Member Showcase segments.
Please consider putting together a 20 minute Showcase Presentation. For more information, contact the Co-ordinator, Beatrice Beaubien at
